Other people could answer this much, much better than me, but as I understand, Reticulum (meshtash more specifically and LoRa even more specifically) uses radio waves. Like a TV antenna, the height of the antenna matters, line of sight, all that stuff. But, 2-5 km seems a good number, up to 10 km if it's hyped up. Less if in a city or trees or hills etc.

That is for one unit. Of course, if it meshes with another, say 3 km away, then that device could link to another and so on. I think, theoretically, there is no range limit.

As I understand, bitchat's bluetooth on your phone can pick up another phone like up to 10m. The 300m is if you leap-frog over other phone's/node/connections. To me, that requires a lot of people/nodes in one place...hence why I say a convention or concert would be great for this. But in real life, I don't see that happening too much. Maybe Times Square on New Year's Eve! :)

I asked Grok for an ascii graph comparison:

Range (feet) 10,000 | | 9,000 | | 8,000 | | 7,000 | | 6,562 |====================== LoRa (Meshtastic, ~2 km) | 6,000 | | 5,000 | | 4,000 | | 3,000 | | 2,000 | | 1,000 |= BitChat (Bluetooth mesh, ~300 m / 984 ft) | 0 |_________________________________________________________________| BitChat LoRa

Somebody correct me on this if I'm wrong, which I very likely could be.

Bitchat is neat stuff, but...range. This would be great for a conference or concert or something like that, but fir everything else (aside from offline ecash payment which is fantastic) ...range. We need Reticulum/Meshtastic integration. https://njump.me/naddr1qqdxy6t5vd5xzarj943xjarrdpshgttjv46xjcm4d36k6q3qqpdufhjpel94srm3ett2azgf49m9dp3n5nm2j0rt0l2mlmc3ux3qxpqqqp65whrszcu

Weeki Wachee is fantastic. So old school, you get that pre-Disney feel. Incredible swimming hole. From what I understand the mermaid "girls" still have reunions and it's a real local honor to have that feather in your cap. Not do mention the respect...they actually do some impressive swimming and diving.

tldr plz

I don't pretend to understand any of this, especially as it pertains to bitcoin. What I'm hearing here is that "quantum computing" is the mysterious bogeyman that's always just out of reach, just out of sight, but always out there and always ready to be used as a scaring device. Am I interpreting this correctly?

Example: https://njump.me/nevent1qqsds6ej3zjsl2tvq77570kgtfv7r99yqdq3l3q70zs76j9gr4cr46gpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30qgsqqk7ymequlj6cpacu444w3yy6jajksce6fa4f834hl4dlaug7rgsrqsqqqqqplqalhh

I hear you on this. My wife has more yoga accessories than one can imagine. It's like getting a dog, at first you think it's free, but then...

(Not comparing dogs to yoga. I love love dogs. I actually do like yoga, despite the silliness of how the people often "pray" to...whatever it is they pray too, but the stretches and poses are fantastic. Really helped my wife healthwise too.)

I've been bike commuting for years. It was odd, at first, it seemed like I really did something big by not going by car. It was kind of liberating in a way, knowing I can just get myself there. It takes about 40 minutes for the ride. I've grown to really enjoy it. I use the time to listen to podcasts or catch up on goings on. And the exercise and stress relief. Nothing is better, after a hard day at work, to just get on my bike and ride. On days when I have to drive or its raining, I miss it.

I'm not sure what you mean.

Growing up I took no interest in German. The older I've gotten, the more it interests me. Several years ago I got my hands on German language CDs, yes, CD. I listened, tried. I learned "Voluns sie mit mir heute abent kommen?" And "Was volenz sie Essen? Und was volenz sie trinkin?" (No idea about the spelling on these.) That's all I know. My wife finds it hilarious that all I can do is ask a person out for a dinner date. 😆

No, seriously, thank you. Your versions really made my day yesterday. I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of trying to use AI nowadays to improve my song.

I've got a second song in my head, have had it for years, even before the Hodl Song I believe. It's also silly, but catchy, I think. I might just get motivated and sing it out and record it too. If I had any music/singing talent at all, that would truly help though. lol

I put them all together in sort of a playlist below, including a bitcoin polka song which I get a kick out of.

My man! Those are awesome! I listened to them while doing a little jog and was literally laughing out loud (glad no one was around). Here's what imagery came to mind, I think this is the order they were made: Hodl Yodl - the crew is down in the ship's galley, it's dark, they finished dinner, everyone has a beer in hand, the captain is leading the men in song. Hodl - same as above, but now it's about 2:00 am and they're several beers, they're slowing down for sure but still in the fight Pirates' Breath - this is the Broadway musical version of a pirate ship seeking all the lost-at-sea bitcoin Hodl Yodel 2.0 - same as above, but on ice

The last two are amazing in cinematic quality. I think the first, Hodel Yodel, is my favorite because it's got that I-wanna-sing-along feel to it.

If I ever hear one of these being at a bitcoin conference...well, my work here is complete. 😀

I can't listen to it right now (I'm in the waiting room at the auto repair and I'd probably get some very strange looks), but I'll listen on the way home. I'm pumped!

People not showing up for meetings with someone that might be a bit uncomfortable, so that then, the people that do show up (me) have to try to address the person's questions (even though the issues almost entirely don't apply to me). I have to either answer the best I can and look dumb, or give the truth, "I'm afraid you'd have to ask so-and-so on that," and look like I'm deflecting. Either way, it's a bad look for the organization (and maybe me).